Commentary
The show must roll on. Carnival
in a Time of War
Throughout the history
of Mardi Gras, war has cancelled some parades and left
an indelible mark on others.
By Garry Boulard
Liberty
Dollars
With its proposed purchase of a Mississippi
bank, locally based Liberty Bank and Trust Company is
poised to be the first black-owned bank in Louisiana to
expand beyond the state.
By Allen Johnson Jr
Letten
Not Acting
What's in an adjective? Plenty, if you're
a U.S. Attorney.
By
Allen Johnson Jr
Inside
Jeff Parish
By Jeff Crouere
Politics
Clancy DuBos on Ray Nagin's restructuring of City Hall.
Bouquets and Brickbats
They get what they deserve.
Penny Post
Andrei Codrescu on the AOL family.
FEATURES
Mardi
Gras Week One
Rex Duke™ suits
up for Carnival.
First
Look at Jazz Fest
Eight days of
music for your 2003 planning purposes.
Making
a Change
Lee Cutrone on
changing career paths.
Blake
Pontchartrain
New Orleans Know-it-all
Shop Talk
Kandace Power Graves on The Skin and Hair Clinic of New Orleans.
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
Noteworthy
Beginnings
A new box set spotlights the small-band jazz work of trumpeters
Louis Prima and Wingy Manone.
By Harvey Pekar
Hot Seven
Our suggestions for all that's worth doing and seeing this week,
including the HotPick.
Special Events
Listings
Set Break
Scott Jordan on Don't Worry Honey, I Live Here.
Music Listings
Club Directory
Theater
Dalt Wonk on Salome.
Theater Listings
Art
D. Eric Bookhardt on Michael Thrush and Dolls: Puppets, Poppets,
Automatons and Homunculi.
Art Listings
Film
Balcony
Seats
Rick
Barton on The Recruit.
Film Listings
CUISINE
Restaurant Review
Sara Roahen on Doson's Noodle House.
Food News
By Sara Roahen
Wine of the Week
By Brenda Maitland
